Giants Keep On Rolling
giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com 7/1/2009 — The stretch of baseball that the Giants have put together since late May up to now (July 1st) is probably the best 6 weeks of ball the Giants have played since 2004. After winning the first two games of their 4-game set with St. Louis on Monday and Tuesday, the Giants upped their record to ...

Giants Still Need 2 Bats
giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com 6/27/2009 — We're just a few days away from July, and about 5 weeks from the MLB , non-waiver trade deadline. The Giants have been discussed a lot over recent weeks, as they try to find another bat to help their below-average offense, but I think that they need more than just one stick. Sure, bringing in a ...

Giants Take 2 of 3 From Florida
giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com 7/8/2009 — Even though they failed to pull off the sweep on Wednesday, the Giants beat the Marlins two out of three times this week en route to pulling off yet another series victory. The big bright spot in the series for the Giants was Barry Zito's magnificent start on Tuesday night. The Giants 18 million ...

Giants First Half Review - Part II
giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com 7/17/2009 — Even though they sit atop the NL Wild Card standings and carry the second best record in the National league as the second half kicks off on Thursday, the Giants still have some issues that need to be addressed if they're serious about making a real run for the postseason. Last post we broke ...

Giants First Half Review - Part One
giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com 7/14/2009 — With the first half of the Major League Baseball season completed, and the all-stars of baseball all gathered in St. Louis for tonight's mid-summer classic, I figured today would be a good day to break down the Giants first half. So in the first part of review, we'll take a look at what went ...

Giants End First Half on a Roll
giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com 7/12/2009 — Even though the Giants couldn't complete the 4-game sweep of the Padres on Sunday, they still took 3 of 4 from San Diego, and enter the all-star break with the second best record in the National League at 49-39. Once again, it was the starting pitching that paved the way for the Giants in the ...

Barry Zito: Worst Pitcher Contract Ever?
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 7/17/2009 — When the Giants signed Barry Zito in 2006, they thought they had just locked up their ace for the next seven years. The team believed that Zito had the goods to lead the Giants in the post Barry Bonds era by consistently taking the ball every fifth ...

Is Matt Holliday the answer to the Giants’ offensive woes?
scoresreport.com 6/24/2009 — It’s been five years since the San Francisco Giants have made a postseason appearance, so you’ll have to pardon their fans if they’re overly optimistic about the chances of their club possibly making the playoffs this year despite a lineup that often employs Edgar Renteria as its two-hole ...

Are the San Francisco Giants Going to Make a Deal for Freddy Sanchez?
bleacherreport.com 7/7/2009 — According to San Francisco Chronicle writer Henry Schulman, the San Francisco Giants have just demoted Matt Downs to Fresno, and have reactivated Rich Aurilia from bereavement leave following the Giants' 9-0 win on Saturday over the Houston ...

Giants Back on Track, Sweep Texas
giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com 6/22/2009 — The Giants reverted to their early-season form during their previous series with the Angels, but definitely got back on track vs. Texas over the weekend. The Giants swept the Rangers and put themselves back atop in the NL Wild Card standings. The Giants received some rock-solid pitching over the ...

What Do the Giants Do with Jonathan Sanchez? — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/25/2009
  As the Giants continue to surprise people in the National League early on, and the need for an offensive upgrade becomes more evident with each passing series, a lingering question is on the minds of Giants fans everywhere: Who do we give ...

Matt Kemp can't save Dodgers in 13th — L.A. Times - Baseball News 6/26/2009
Center fielder almost gets L.A. out of jam, but White Sox drop in winning hit. > Here come the San Francisco Giants.

When, Oh When Are the Giants Going to Call Up John Bowker? — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/26/2009
After yesterday’s game, 25-year-old John Bowker is hitting .354 with a 1.065 OPS in 240 AB’s at AAA Fresno.  His OPS is good for third in the Pacific Coast League behind 26-year-old Jake Fox, who is now hitting .353 with a .918 OPS ...

The Curse of Barry Bonds; 16 Years of Losing In Pittsburgh — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/26/2009
Over the years the word curse has been used on franchises that haven't been able to win it all. The first two that come to mind: Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs. The Red Sox went from 1918 to 2004 without winning the World Series. It was said to be ...

SF Giants: Cain Is Able! — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/26/2009
There are whispers in San Francisco. From the fog banked hills to the sun drenched downtown streets... there are whispers. Barely audible mutterings, a once very familiar phrase coming back. As you get closer to China Basin and AT&T Park  ...